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Zócalo Health has closed a $15 million Series A funding round led by EO Ventures, bringing its total capital raised to $22.75M.The company specializes in serving high-need members with complex medical, behavioral, and social needs, a segment that drives a disproportionate share of total healthcare costs.Its "promotoras de salud" (community health workers) model achieved 4x year-over-year revenue growth and expanded from two health plan partnerships in 2024 to more than a
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Kipu Health Acquires Team Recovery Technologies to Unify the Entire Behavioral Health Patient Journey
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Kipu Health has officially acquired Team Recovery Technologies, a specialist in mobile-app-based patient engagement and alumni connectivity. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition extends Kipu’s platform beyond clinical treatment and billing into referral growth and long-term recovery support.Team Recovery Technologies currently serves over 150 treatment centers across the U.S., focusing on reducing relapse rates and supporting
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ŌURA Acquires Galen AI to Pioneer Unified Health Companion, Merging Clinical Records with Continuous Biometrics
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ŌURA has officially acquired Galen AI, a startup founded by Stanford graduates that specializes in unifying fragmented health data from over ten thousand healthcare systems. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition allows Oura to integrate medical records, lab results, and medications directly with the continuous biometric data captured by the Oura Ring.Galen AI’s founders and their specialized AI infrastructure will join the Oura team
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Real-Time Enrollment: Covered California Scales Google Cloud AI to Transform CalHEERS
Real-Time Verification: How Covered California is Using Google's Document AI to Fix Health Insurance Enrollment
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The Partnership: Covered California is expanding its partnership with Google Public Sector and Deloitte to overhaul CalHEERS, the state’s integrated health insurance eligibility and enrollment platform.The Technology: The system utilizes Google Cloud’s Document AI (DocAI) to automate the complex document verification process required for millions of residents
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Lumeris Launches Native Audio for Tom Platform to Address US Primary Care Physician Shortage
Lumeris Integrates Google Gemini Native Audio into Tom Platform to Revolutionize Patient-Provider Interactions
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Lumeris has officially launched Native Audio for Tom, introducing real-time, speech-to-speech AI capabilities to its Primary Care as a Service (PCaaS) platform.The technology is built on Google Cloud’s Gemini native audio infrastructure, allowing for empathetic, low-latency dialogue that understands urgency and emotional nuance in a patient’s voice.The rollout
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Eleos Debuts Agentic AI Suite for Community-Based Care
Eleos Debuts Agentic AI Suite for Community-Based Care
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The Launch: Eleos, a technology platform built for community-based care, has expanded its suite by launching new agentic AI tools across Clinical Insights, Revenue Cycle Management (RCM), and Compliance. The technology is debuting at NatCon 2026.The "Shadow IT" Crisis: Currently, 57% of providers admit to using unauthorized AI tools, risking massive HIPAA violations and PHI exposure. Eleos combats this by embedding
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Amazon One Medical Launches Nationwide GLP-1 Management Program Integrated with Primary Care
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The Launch: Amazon One Medical has rolled out a nationwide GLP-1 management program that explicitly integrates obesity treatment with comprehensive primary care.The Clinical Differentiator: Unlike direct-to-consumer "pill mills" that simply dispense weight loss drugs, Amazon is treating obesity as a chronic condition. Because GLP-1s can rapidly alter blood pressure and A1C levels, One Medical clinicians proactively adjust a patient's existing hypertension or diabetes
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Atropos Health Launches Alexandria: The World’s Largest Medical Evidence Library
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The Launch: Atropos Health has officially launched Alexandria, the world’s largest source of novel medical content. The library currently features over 33 million artifacts of precision Real-World Evidence (pRWE) and is slated to grow to two billion findings by the end of 2026.The AI Performance Benchmark: In evaluations across over 5,000 real clinician questions, Atropos Health’s integrated AI solution outperformed major foundational models—including GPT 5.4, Claude 4.6
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ConcertAI Launches Cadence Suite to Accelerate Patient Access to Life-Changing Therapies
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The Launch: ConcertAI has introduced Cadence Suite, an AI-native suite of applications specifically designed for pharmaceutical commercial and field teams to identify and resolve patient access barriers before they disrupt therapy.The Core Problem: When patients experience friction in their care journey—such as prior authorization delays, coverage confusion, or pharmacy stockouts—health outcomes suffer and therapy drop-off rates spike.The Data Unification: Cadence Suite
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ONC Data Brief: 2024 EHR Adoption Rates in Substance Use and Mental Health Facilities
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The Baseline Adoption: According to a new ONC Brief using 2024 N-SUMHSS survey data, more than two-thirds (68%) of substance use and mental health treatment facilities use an electronic health record (EHR) exclusively. Another 25% use a combination of an EHR system and paper charts.The Ownership Disparity: EHR adoption varies wildly depending on facility ownership. Federal government facilities have a 97% adoption rate. Private for-profit organizations sit at 68%.
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